The middle-aged man was about one meter nine tall, taller than Cheng Yun standing, he looked down at Cheng Yun and said calmly: "We are the Cosmic Civilization Exploration Fleet from the Blue Republic 53,000 light years away, with the purpose of exploring new civilizations. What you're now invading is the Discovery Fleet's command ship, which is a more versatile space carrier. And Your Excellency, it is a kind of ...... that you invaded the mothership of our official fleet without prior notice Very disrespectful of our behavior. ”

After he finished speaking, almost all the starship surfaces in the fleet diorama projected on the main console lit up with a blue light, which meant that all starships had their shields activated.

However, in the next second, the shields of these starships began to flash yellow, and then instantly turned red.

At the same time, a shrill alarm sounded from the main console -

"Drip, drip, drip......"

"The ship was squeezed by the force field... The shield is broken!"

"Goo-dong!"

Everyone in the main control room swallowed another mouthful of saliva in unison.

With the development of weapon technology, the balance between shield and spear has been broken a long time ago, and the body of the starship is also very fragile on the battlefield due to the limited material technology. Thanks to the development of energy shield technology, the balance of attack and defense has been slightly compensated. But just now, the shields of these warships were crushed in an instant.

The voice that was obviously translated by some kind of translation equipment sounded in my ears again: "I've heard all of this, and all I want to know is what your name is, where you're going, and what you're going to do on Earth." ”

The middle-aged man instantly took off his hat and bowed slightly: "I am the fleet commander, the captain of the mothership, Curley, greetings to you." Please forgive me if you have been offended just now. ”

"Next to me is my assistant, Woo Wen. ”

"Hello. "The adjutant is also very fast.

"Most of the people in the main control room you are in are the controllers of this mothership, and they are also the officers on this mothership. ”

"Greetings!"

The sound of Qi Brush rang out.

This super high military literacy stunned the little Lori who was lying on Cheng Yun's shoulder.

Commander Curley gave the order to the defense forces on the mothership to stand by before saying, "As for your other two questions, to make a long story, I need to first introduce the environment we are in and the basic situation of our country. ”

"Do you need a glass of water?"

"Thank you. ”

"Okay. ”

The commander glanced at his assistant.

The assistant immediately took a cup and took a glass of water on the side, and meticulously walked over and handed it to Cheng Yun.

"Thank you. ”

"My pleasure. ”

"The star field we are in is a rich civilization star field, unlike yours, there are many different civilizations around us, but our Blue Republic is the one at the forefront. The commander let out a long sigh, "At some point, the development of our civilization has reached a bottleneck, and there has been almost no progress since then. Our scientists are constantly trying to explore, but they have no clue, and all attempts at new technologies have failed. ”

"It may have been thousands of years, and in these thousands of years, we have been indomitable at the beginning, to see the reality clearly, and then we have been living like this. It's been like this. Anyway, even if civilization doesn't move forward anymore, we're still doing well. We are still a very developed civilization. ”

"There is no energy crisis, there is no famine, and a person can live from birth to death by doing nothing. ”

"Thousands of years......," the commander sighed again.

"Thousands of years can make everything unrecognizable, and civilization seems so fragile in the face of time, and it has changed from generation to generation...... When I read history, I saw that the Blue Republic was a country of forge ahead, full of yearning for the road ahead, full of curiosity about the unknown and the unexplored starry sky, but now it is a country of dying old age......"

"We have no external enemies, but we are on the verge of extinction. We are obese and are waiting to die. The commander seemed to be full of emotion.

"How can this person live for one lifetime as if he just lived for one lifetime?"

"Oh, what made you decide to embark on this long journey?" Cheng Yun became interested, and he put the water aside, because the thing was sweet and salty, and the taste was like butter tea without a milky flavor, which was completely not to his taste.

"This discussion has been around for a long time. Some people advocate that since we cannot break through the shackles of technology ourselves, we should seek external assistance and take the initiative to contact new civilizations outside the star field. Others are more conservative, fearing that doing so could bring disaster to the Great Blue Republic and surrounding civilizations. Others feel that this is just a waste of resources. They all hold a lot of opinions, they argue every year, and as you can see, we've been huddled there. ”

"Before, our neighbor welcomed an outsider. ”

"He was a dying old man who had friendly exchanges with some scientists in neighboring countries, and finally one of the scientists noticed his strangeness, and after investigation and analysis, found more suspicious things. ”

"He's haunted, just like Your Excellency. ”

"He is a traveler from a more developed civilization!"

"Oh!!" Cheng Yun nodded, and then motioned for him to continue.

In fact, the civilization of the Kunzhen world is less likely to be more developed than the Blue Republic, but because they are two completely different civilizations, the Blue Republic can't understand the magic civilization, and the old mage has time and space props that transcend all civilizations, so they think that the old mage comes from a higher civilization.

The commander looked at him and continued: "At this time, the internal situation in our country is very serious, and a new direction is urgently needed, otherwise it is likely that a catastrophe will usher in a hundred years. So, for the first time in thousands of years, the faction that advocated taking the initiative to explore other civilizations in the universe prevailed. We left our homeland through a stable natural wormhole in search of the traveler's civilization, or some other, more developed civilization. ”

"So we don't know where we're going to go, our purpose is to go ahead. It's possible that all the people you see now will never go home again in this life. ”

"The earth is my home. Cheng Yun pursed his lips and said.

"Yes, we already know that. We have no intention of clashing with you, and while we do have advanced warships in our fleet, or most of them are armed, our aim is never to invade. And as you can see, our fleet is not capable of threatening your homeland. ”

"You're lying. ”

“…… Perhaps, perhaps, our mission is also full of the new direction of expansion of the Blue Republic, but now you have made us resolve to dispel this idea. The commander immediately changed his tune.

"What did you think before?"

"Meet with the leaders of the Earth and include the Earth in the map as a forward base for the countries of the Blue Republic, a springboard for us to travel further into the starry sky. ”

"What do you need on Earth?"

"The minimum requirement is supplies, mainly fresh food, and a place to stay. In order to avoid misunderstanding, the commander explained, "Although we can survive in the ship, and there are entertainment equipment in the ship, it is not the same as the soil and the blue sky, and a forward harbor can avoid many problems." ”

"How many people are in your fleet?"

"Four million. ”

"Four Million ......"

In fact, Cheng Yun had been mentally prepared for a long time, and even thought of an even more exaggerated number than this, after all, the volume of these starships was completely equivalent to a city, and the internal space might be larger than a city, and there were forty-two of them.

But hearing this number still made him speechless.

Feel like a hillbilly......

If these starships were migrant ships, the population might exceed 100 million at this volume, right?

After a deep sigh, he said, "I can give you another option, to get what you want by trading equally with the Earth. Fresh food is definitely no problem, it just depends on how much you want, if you have a place to rest...... It will only depend on the outcome of your negotiations with the nations of the Earth. ”

The commander shook his head: "Compared to this, we value our mission more now, if we can complete our exploration mission with you, we can return to the country within a year." ”

Of course, Cheng Yun knew what he meant.

The only thing that can satisfy the expectations of the Blue Great Republic in his hands is the immortal secret technique given to him by Mu Yin, which can not only satisfy the wishes of the Blue Great Republic, but also send them to the peak in one step, allowing them to face an even more terrifying shackles that all civilizations that have reached the peak in the infinite universe will face, and even the master of time and space cannot break.

So Cheng Yun shook his head: "You can't complete your task with me. ”

"Why? What does it cost us?"

"I can't meet your demands. ”

"What do you mean? How did you do all this? Your technology, that's what we need, and we'll do our best to get the chips you want. ”

That's the end of the conversation. ”

"We can give you a planet, including all the property and people on it, and the respect from the Blue Republic, we hope you will be able to take the test again......"

That's the end of the conversation. Cheng Yun held the little Lori in his arms and repeated it again, "You can't get what you want from me, and I can't give you anything, you need to move on to find what you want." ”

“……”

The commander's face grimaced.

The rest of the room was silent.

As the previous Commander said, if they can achieve their goals on Earth, they can return home within a year with the help of the wormhole, and the long-stagnant Blue Republic will have a chance to revitalize again. There is nothing more devastating in this world than the immediate shattering of a newly-raised hope.

After a moment of silence, the commander said, "Then the earth civilization ......"

Cheng Yun instantly realized: "The earth civilization is a very ordinary civilization, and it is extremely backward compared to you. ”

"How did you do that, can you give us some direction?"

"Alas......"

Cheng Yun simply stood up and said, "I don't want to repeat what I've said all the time, but you can consider my proposal, and in the meantime, take me on a tour of your starship, how about it?"

The commander turned around and gestured to his assistant and said to Cheng Yun, "Of course." ”

The assistant stepped forward and said to Cheng Yun: "Hello Your Excellency, I'll take you on a tour, do you have any hobbies?"

"Hobbies: eating, drinking, and having fun. ”

"Then I'll take you to the rest area. ”

"Good. ”

Cheng Yun put the little Lori on the ground and let it go on its own, there was no way, it was too tiring to hold the solid iron anchor.

Little Lori followed him inch by inch.

Walking out of the main control room, there was a long corridor where a group of soldiers gathered in matte armor of unknown material, and the doors were tightly closed on both sides. This area is supposed to be the core of the starship.

The assistant asked all the soldiers to step back, walked into the elevator with Cheng Yun, and then kept descending at a constant speed.

The elevator is transparent, and you can directly see the rest of the starship and the starry sky outside, and the starship has scattered small windows with lights and flashing external equipment, and the huge body looks shocking.

The assistant pursed his lips, looked down at Xiao Lori, and said: "There are similar animals on our planet, which are very cute, and we also keep them as pets, and I used to have one at home." ”

Little Lori raised her head: "Ha!!"

“！！”

Hearing this familiar sound of haze, the adjutant trembled with fright.

Cheng Yun smiled and said: "It is an intelligent creature with great power, don't say anything like that to make it angry...... It's stingy. ”

Little Lori glanced at Cheng Yun a little unhappily, it knew that stinginess was a derogatory term.

The assistant was surprised, but he didn't ask much, and immediately took off his hat to Xiao Lori: "I solemnly apologize to you for my ignorance and recklessness." ”

Little Lori whined softly, probably equivalent to a human hum.

The elevator came down for a long time, and they reached a very large space, and then the adjutant tried to take them into some kind of short teleportation device, but unfortunately for some unknown reason this thing failed, so the adjutant had to temporarily requisition a flying car, and it took more than ten minutes to carry the two hillbillies to the rest area of the starship.

Looking down from above, it looks like a small county town.

In terms of size, it is not inferior to a small county, but it looks full of science fiction -

Strange buildings, regular streets, flying cars and the flickering light of short-range teleporters, and aliens coming and going in the rest area.

Eating, drinking, shopping, and even hotels really opened Cheng Yun's eyes.

The two of them and one beast walked very conspicuously inside, not because of Cheng Yun's black hair and black eyes, in fact, there was no shortage of people who dyed their hair black on the side of the road, not even because of Xiao Lori's shocking appearance, but because of the clothes of the commander's assistant...... In Cheng Yun's opinion, he is at least equivalent to the rank of colonel on Earth, and his position may be even more powerful.

Along the way, the assistant kept looking for something to say, so as to avoid Cheng Yun feeling embarrassed, and from time to time he vaguely tried something.

Cheng Yun made no secret of his curiosity about these, and took out his mobile phone from time to time to shoot a few videos.

Even little Lori is more reserved than him.

The alien food is passable, which Cheng Yun had expected, because the same race must be similar in taste. But the drinks were a little hard for him to accept, they preferred sweet and salty flavors, and they had to add a lot of salt to the juices.

As for fun, Cheng Yun was very disappointed that the commander's assistant didn't take him to places like game cities, nor did he take him to messy places, but he also thought about how he could perform for a long time so that he could not lower his identity level and properly understand the entertainment conditions of the alien civilization on his territory.

The assistant took him to a forced charter to watch a movie, which is a film about history, the content is roughly about the reasons for the rise of the Blue Republic, and promotes the spirit of forging ahead.

If you show it to the people on the starship, it will probably make them realize that they are engaged in a great business like the great men of old, right?

Later, the assistant also showed him around the weapons system on the starship, including the shield generator that is still being overhauled, the hangar of the mothership, the defense unit, and so on.

Until I get back to the main control room-

The commander said to Cheng Yun solemnly: "After a solemn discussion, we have decided to stop on your planet for a while, and please establish contact with the government on your planet for us." But we don't plan to establish a temporary spaceport on your planet at this time, as we're not sure how long it will take us to move forward to accomplish our goal. ”